house, the senate, court, so you can make up your own mind. created by cable in 1979, c-span is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. ♪ all american youth bring to our people's constitution for america and freedom. ♪ >> happy birthday to you. that is what it says. the occasion is the 100th birthday of mrs. louis berry kentucky,ouisville, and the ame church. wish andh makes a blows at 100 candles. the barry's grandson gets

first slice of the lovely cake. that night, there was a civic reception for her with hundreds of towns people attending. was born in 1865. may she have many more birthdays. yes, just 100 years young. ♪ >> the atlanta daily world and the negro league are's association for the first time full accreditation to the white house press conferences of the president. in our critical period history, this move is important and significant. to be able to obtain news information firsthand from this important source is an

accomplishment for which the daily world and the publishers association deserve praise and commendation. it is my good fortune to be selected as their white house correspondent. i am not unaware of the responsibilities this honor carries with it. ♪ the 34th annual indoor track and championship of the intercollegiate conference athletic association are being staged. --.winner of the 60-yard the heat is on. men won three events. competition is tough. but young is again the winner.

still another, mcdonald, ohio, and arthur kelly, university of illinois. ♪ the police boys club has some real boxers, believe it or not. if you do not believe it, look at this. athletics is important for this organization. there is great enthusiasm in the stands. the club is made up of schoolboys who govern themselves and help keep the law. even help enforce it in set of breaking it. the windup is a one-handed free-for-all.

the all american bowling sweepstakes in indianapolis, indiana. $1000 in prizes were posted. some real bowlers compete for the award. lots of cheer. columbus, toledo, louisville, as well as indianapolis came to be part of the tournament. many other scholars looked on. the girls showed plenty of class. it is going to be a strike! it sure is. in the face of tough negrotition, 11 kne players run private, most of them first. the scorekeepers are kept busy. the first and second prize winners are both negroes, and they receive cash awards. ♪

>> the united states navy in action. is that mercy island. our chain of victories, leading forces to tokyo. fleet. by the jap ♪ the landing party receives instructions. it will not be long now. this island is 127 miles from japan. star for sure come under the head of the naval fire, these boys can make a landing. japan bannedfrom

from chicago to los angeles. folks drawrst, our closer. at the landing, our men are ashore. they do not know what they will find, but they can depend upon one thing, this is no picnic. they hide injuries and cannot be determined. essential supplies are successfully landed. observe the great caution with which our allies have placed this fuse box. general macarthur lands. he is mighty proud of this conquest. typical of thousands

laid in this battle. back to the philippines. this memorial day, american history tv marks the 75th anniversary of the world war ii of normandy, france, which took place june 6, 1944. starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern on monday, alex kershaw, author of the first wave, the d-day victory,who led to join us in bedford, virginia to take your questions. that is memorial day monday here on c-span3. this weekend, an american history tv, historian henry louis gates talks about reconstruction and the croweuent jim laws used in southern states to reestablish white supremacy. here is a preview.

henry: but systematically, former-step, the confederate wrote the south indeed rose again, and they disenfranchise the black man, and they did it in such a clever way, you could not -- what are you going to do? your 13th, 14th, and 50 the memos are ratified, right? around them.t starting in 1890 was something called the mississippi plan. there were state constitutions, which then unfolded over 16 years in each of the former confederate states, and that is when they established poll taxes, literacy test, comprehensiv comprehension testt only a law professor could understand. and you want to know how to radically affected state constitutional inventions conventione ? louisiana, in 1888, before

their 100e convention ha 38 black men to vote. the new constitution was ratified in 1898. by 1904, that number of 130,000 black men registered to vote had been reduced to 1342. there were 2000 black men elected to office during the reconstruction period. the last reconstruction, congressman, george henry white, bid farewell to congress in 1901, and there would not be another black man is elected to the congress until 1929, when oscar duprees from chicago is elected to congress. how is he elected to congress? because all of those black people took part in the great migration, went from mississippi particularly to chicago, mississippi and the other

southern states north, and because of the 16th amendment, they had the right to vote. vote in northerner into the congress. >> learn more about the aftermath of reconstruction the sunday at 6:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. eastern. explore our nation's past here on american history tv. >> next, john mcmanus talks about his book "the dead and those about to die." he tells the story of the u.s. army first infantry division a great one, and how they were the the first army soldiers to storm normandy on june 6, 1944. the eisenhower society posted this event in celebration of d-day's 75th anniversary. it is almost an hour.